Although the Beta version of Adobe Lightroom 2 has been out for a couple months now, the official version from Adobe has just been released yesterday and is ready for download right now or for immediate purchase.

• - Lightroom 2 is $299 or available as a $99 upgrade for Lightroom 1 customers.
• - 30 Day trial available here.

Here’s a list of new features in Lightroom 2 to persuade you to upgrade:

1. Target specific areas of a photo for dodging and burning
2. Automatically organize photos using Smart Collections
3. Work with high-quality previews of offline images from multiple libraries and drives
4. Expand your workspace across multiple monitors
5. Enjoy state-of-the-art 64-bit memory handling
6. Easily transfer images to popular photo-sharing sites
7. Access a rich community of export plug-ins and web gallery styles at the Lightroom Exchange
8. Work smoothly with Adobe Photoshop CS3

Bonus link: Here’s a video of two guys talking about Lightroom 2 in front of a green screen.